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Damascus Alcohol Crackdown Fuels Debate over Syria’s Future
Summary by The New Arab
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Damascus alcohol crackdown fuels debate over Syria’s future
Elias al-Maari opens his Damascus restaurant every morning, knowing the authorities could walk in at any moment. His license expired months ago. The governorate will not renew it. He serves alcohol anyway. "The violation is theirs, not mine," he says. A few neighbourhoods away, a shop owner who asked to be remain anonymous for security reasons has survived two kidnapping attempts and a stream of threats since the new administration came to power…
·London, United Kingdom
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The ban on alcohol in Damascus, the latest in a series of restrictions affecting the way of life in post-Assad Syria, raises the issue of increasing state interference in the private sphere.
·Belgrade, Serbia
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